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Topic Climate policy
Asked 2 times across 2 UPSC exams over 1 years (2023–2024), peaking in 2024.
Key insights
- Most tested in CAPF — 1 of 2 PYQs
- Most asked in 2024
- Recurs across 2 years (2023–2024)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CDS 2023 → CAPF 2024
How the concept evolved
Rising — more than half its appearances (2 of 2) are since 2016.
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Sample questions
You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
CAPF2024
Which of the following statements about CBAM (Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms) is/are correct?
- These are an emerging set of trade policy tools to allow movement of carbon-intensive economic activity from a jurisdiction having less stringent climate policy to a jurisdiction having stringent climate policy
- These are meant to increase the environmental effectiveness of climate policies Select the answer
using the code given below:
- A 1 only
- B 2 only ✓
- C Both 1 and 2
- D Neither 1 nor 2
✓ Correct answer: (B)
Environment & Ecology › Climate Change
CDS2023
Which of the following statements about National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) with reference to India is/are correct ?
- It emphasises that maintaining a high growth rate is essential for raising the living standards of the vast majority of the people of India and reducing their vulnerability to the impact of climate change
- It was released in 2014
Select the correct answer using the code given below :
- A 1 only ✓
- B 2 only
- C Both 1 and 2
- D Neither 1 nor 2
✓ Correct answer: (A)
Environment & Ecology › Climate Change
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